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United States Patent | 5,220,543 |
Kuroda ,   et al. | June 15, 1993 |
An optical recording/reproducing system for optically recording and reproducing an information signal on and from an optical disc (31) to be recorded with a plurality of track turns includes a light source (52); an optical head (45b) carrying an objective lens (62) for directing a light beam from the light source (52) to one of the track turns, and a tracking servo actuator for displacing the light beam within a movable range to perform both track feed and tracking servo operations for one of the track turns; the optical head (45b) being stationary with respect to the optical disc (31) while performing the track feed and tracking save operations by displacing the light beam in a radial direction of the optical disc; and a recording area on the optical disc having a radial distance equal to or smaller than the movable range of the tracking servo actuator.
Inventors: | Kuroda; Junji (Zama, JP); Haneji; Yasuo (Aikawa, JP); Yamagishi; Toru (Setagaya, JP); Tanaka; Koji (Nakano, JP); Mori; Takaro (Sagamihara, JP); Kokubo; Noriyoshi (Yokohama, JP); Suzuki; Masayuki (Yokohama, JP); Matsuzaki; Kunihisa (Yokosuka, JP) |
Assignee: | Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 804523 |
Filed: | December 10, 1991 |
Feb 14, 1989[JP] | 1-34167 | |
Apr 28, 1989[JP] | 1-111308 | |
Jun 19, 1989[JP] | 1-156269 |
Current U.S. Class: | 369/13.34; 369/44.14; 369/44.15; 369/44.16 |
Intern'l Class: | G11B 021/10 |
Field of Search: | 369/13,44.15,44.16,275.1,275.2,44.21,44.22 360/59,114 |
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